The sacred mushroom and the Cross; a study of the nature and origins of Christianity within the fertility cults of the ancient
Near East by John Marco Allegro(
Book
)53
editions published
between
1970
and
2015
in
4
languages
and held by
1,106 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Where did God come from? What do the bible stories really tell us? Who or what was Jesus Christ? This book challenges everything
we think we know about the nature of religion -- The ancient fertility cult at the heart of Christianity -- The living power
of cultic rites and symbols -- The sacred mushroom as the emblem and embodiment of divinity -- The secret meaning of biblical
myths -- The language of religion that links us to our ancestors. The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross sets out John Allegro's
quest through a family tree of languages to find the truth about where Christianity came from

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian myth by John Marco Allegro(
Book
)22
editions published
between
1979
and
1992
in
English and Greek, Modern
and held by
871 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Was Jesus of Nazareth a real historical person or a fictional character in a religious legend? What do the Dead Sea Scrolls
reveal about the origins of Christianity? Has there been a conspiracy to suppress information in the Scrolls that contradicts
traditional church teaching? John Allegro addresses these and many other intriguing questions in this fascinating account
of what may be the most significant archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. As one of the original scholars entrusted
with the task of deciphering these ancient documents, Allegro worked on some of the most important texts, including the Biblical
commentaries. In 1961, King Hussein of Jordan appointed him to be honorary advisor to the Jordanian government on the Dead
Sea Scrolls. In his engaging and highly readable style, Allegro conveys the excitement of the initial archaeological find
and takes the reader on a journey of intellectual discovery that goes to the heart of Western culture. Allegro suggests that
Christianity evolved out of the Messianic theology of the Essenes, the Jewish sect that wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls. This new
edition of Allegro's book also contains an essay in which he describes the in-fighting among the scholars assigned to study
the scrolls and his thirty-year battle to release all of the texts to the public. Allegro was one of the first scholars to
protest the long delay in publishing the Scrolls and to criticize his colleagues for their secretive and possessive attitudes.
This issue has recently been the focus of national media coverage, with the result that after forty years, open access to
all of the Dead Sea Scrolls has finally been permitted. If he had lived to see it, John Allegro would have been very pleased
by this resolution of the controversy. In the same spirit of free inquiry that Allegro championed, Prometheus is reissuing
his book in paperback to encourage open discussion of these important ancient texts.--Amazon.com

The People of the Dead Sea Scrolls in text and pictures by John Marco Allegro(
Book
)24
editions published
between
1958
and
1959
in
English
and held by
700 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Pictorial survey showing the finding and assembling of the scroll fragments, sites, and progress of excavation, by a British
scholar active in deciphering the scrolls

The end of a road by John Marco Allegro(
Book
)19
editions published
between
1970
and
2013
in
English and Spanish
and held by
535 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
In 1970, John M. Allegro published The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, arguing that the early Christians belonged to a drug
cult, their sacrament consisting of hallucinogenic mushrooms. The book contained a large amount of linguistic data to support
Allegro's speculations. In his follow-up book, The End of a Road, Allegro considered the philosophical ramifications of having
undermined Christianity and hence, for many people, religion altogether. He argued that abandoning religion is not tantamount
to abandoning morality; rather, it should enable a more honest and straightforward approach to

Qumrân cave 4(
Book
)
in
English
and held by
419 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

The Shapira affair by John Marco Allegro(
Book
)14
editions published
between
1965
and
1981
in
English
and held by
393 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
In the late 1880's Shapira arrived in England with several strips of parchment, claiming that they were found in the Dead
Sea area and were part of an eraly version of Deuteronomy. Experts called them forgeries. Some scholars now believe that they
may actually have been a portion of the oldest Bible in the world

Qumrân cave 4 by John Marco Allegro(
Book
)13
editions published
in
1968
in
English and Hebrew
and held by
185 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Physician, heal thyself-- by John Marco Allegro(
Book
)2
editions published
in
1985
in
English
and held by
182 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

All manner of men by John Marco Allegro(
Book
)2
editions published
in
1982
in
English
and held by
147 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Lost gods by John Marco Allegro(
Book
)6
editions published
between
1977
and
1978
in
3
languages
and held by
125 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

The treasure of the Copper scroll by John Marco Allegro(
Book
)9
editions published
between
1960
and
1967
in
English and Russian
and held by
115 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

The Allegro Qumran photograph collection by John Marco Allegro(
Book
)1
edition published
in
1996
in
English
and held by
69 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Consists of 1470 photographs of Allegro's associated with Khirbet Qumran and the texts discovered there, as well as those
associated with some other places, such as ʻAin Feshkha, Khirbet Mird, and Wadi Murrabbaʹat. The photographs are arranged
in four categories: A. Archaeology; B. Biography; C. Copper scroll; and D. Documents

Minor prophets(
Book
)2
editions published
in
2005
in
English
and held by
32 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide